tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post7146871356095844731..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Note to the ObserventEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-90845343015435499382015-06-14T19:42:26.839-04:002015-06-14T19:42:26.839-04:00https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/observenthttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/observentEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-40896162923533102492015-06-14T11:02:09.149-04:002015-06-14T11:02:09.149-04:00Metzomagic: But also, this reminds of of another p...Metzomagic: <i>But also, this reminds of of another pioneering scientist working solo who found out that the lead additives in gasoline were polluting the atmosphere, far beyond what anyone at the time imagined.</i><br /><br />Anyone wanting to read the history of Clair Patterson's efforts, along with Dr. Herbert Needleman's fight to get lead poisoning recognized as a disease in the U.S., will find a good start in <a href="http://www.chris-winter.com/Erudition/Reviews/Medicine/Denworth_L/Toxic_Truth.html" rel="nofollow">Lydia Denworth's <i>Toxic Truth: A Scientist, a Doctor, and the Battle over Lead</i></a> (Beacon Press, 2008).<br /><br />You'll find the parallels between lead-poisoning denial and climate change denial interesting (but probably unsurprising.)Chris_Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14664395947020918727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-74296865760295976202015-06-13T13:38:44.260-04:002015-06-13T13:38:44.260-04:00Rah!
I put a link to the Keeling Curve crowdsourc...Rah!<br /><br />I put a link to the Keeling Curve crowdsource at might site as well, seeing it on Eli's. I may change the title, but I think I'll keep it there in any case.<br /><br />And continue to make annual contributions to the effort. Jan Galkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636706072515906253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-43506669348531347522015-06-12T23:03:32.611-04:002015-06-12T23:03:32.611-04:00Ralph Keeling is quite the gentleman and scholar.
...Ralph Keeling is quite the gentleman and scholar.<br /><br />Every May, the Scripps-Birch Aquarium hosts the Charles David Keeling Memorial Lecture in honor of Charles Keeling.<br /><br />And of course, Ralph Keeling is there to introduce the speaker.<br /><br />Since the Scripps Institution of Oceanography is just a few miles from where I live, I try to attend those lectures.<br /><br />A couple of years ago, I was standing in line waiting for the doors to open when I noticed that Ralph Keeling was standing in line a few persons behind me. The event manager saw Ralph standing there and said to him (paraphrasing from memory here), "Dr. Keeling, you are a Very Important Person here. You don't need to stand in line. Come right on in."<br /><br />Ralph's reply was (again, paraphrasing from memory): "Everybody here is important; I'll wait in line with everyone else".<br /><br />And that he did -- he waited in line along with the rest of us, and walked into the building after I did.<br /><br />That apple definitely did not roll far from the (truly giant) tree.caerbannoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896552738444745753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-30327266906448127892015-06-12T19:50:17.905-04:002015-06-12T19:50:17.905-04:00I'm pleased to imagine that my own meager mite...I'm pleased to imagine that my own meager mite helped to communicate the importance of the project and even to meet the project's operational needs. Mal Adaptedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06123525780458234978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-10074223420781812542015-06-12T18:35:39.313-04:002015-06-12T18:35:39.313-04:00It's good to hear good news once in a while.It's good to hear good news once in a while.Barton Paul Levensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630802738456749652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-13783763742361768562015-06-12T18:27:32.085-04:002015-06-12T18:27:32.085-04:00Observent could also refer to spelling of headline...Observent could also refer to spelling of headlines....Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301230860904555513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-74279025142590302872015-06-12T15:26:09.971-04:002015-06-12T15:26:09.971-04:00And don't miss American science's great A...And don't miss American science's great Antihistorical Landmark<b> the 10 Heartland Climate Conference .</b><br /><a rel="nofollow"> http://vvattsupwiththat.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-soon-also-rises.html"</a>THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-5115423813583407942015-06-12T14:38:20.693-04:002015-06-12T14:38:20.693-04:00Excellent news!Excellent news!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16536983922816649742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-67620549220478170782015-06-12T10:15:35.304-04:002015-06-12T10:15:35.304-04:00What John Garland said.
But also, this reminds of...What John Garland said.<br /><br />But also, this reminds of of another pioneering scientist working solo who found out that the lead additives in gasoline were polluting the atmosphere, far beyond what anyone at the time imagined. For me, it was the most fascinating episode of Cosmos:<br /><br />http://www.space.com/25579-cosmos-recap-earth-age-lead-poisoning.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-26599780103409331252015-06-12T09:07:18.693-04:002015-06-12T09:07:18.693-04:00Some days there is good news!!!!!! This is one of ...Some days there is good news!!!!!! This is one of those days. Thanks for reporting it!jgnfldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345702872292499039noreply@blogger.com